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Conyers wants taxpayers to pay overdue water bills for Detroiters Conyers (D) wants taxpayers to pay overdue water bills for DetroitersBy Detroit Free Press (MI) June 28WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. John Conyers wants President Barack Obama to sanction use of an earlier multimillion-dollar award to Michigan to help pay delinquent water bills of low-income residents threatened by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's most aggressive shutoff campaign ever."Assisting low-income residents with paying their water bills would help avert a public health crisis," Conyers, D-Detroit, said in a letter to Obama Thursday. Separately, he asked Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to declare a public health emergency, calling the shutoff campaign "draconian" and raising concerns about what it could mean to the young, sick or elderly."Since March, water service for up to 3,000 Detroit customers per week has been cut off due to an overzealous and misguided approach to cost-cutting," Conyers said in a statement Friday. "Regardless of the rationale for these cutoffs, the human consequences are unacceptable and unsustainable."Neither the White House nor HHS immediately replied to Conyers' pleas.Conyers' efforts comes on the heels of the the water department's effort to collect on more than 90,000 accounts with delinquent bills totaling more than $90 million. As a way of collecting on those debts, the shutoff campaign is targeting residential and commercial customers owing at least $150 who are more than 60 days late on payment.Officials at the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) say water service to 7,556 customers was cut off in April and May as part of the campaign, but now there are crews in place to shutoff service to speed that up to as many as 3,000 delinquent accounts per week.While citizen groups have gone as far as to appeal to the United Nations to force water service to be restored, the Free Press reported this week that there was evidence the campaign was having the desired effect. As of June 4, more than 17,000 accounts were on some kind of payment plan, compared to 12,000 in February, before the effort was started.In his letter to Obama, Conyers appealed to him to allow a portion of the funding remaining from a 2010 award of $498-million through the federal Hardest Hit Fund to "assist low-income residents" facing or having experienced water shutoffs. Nearly $300 million remains from the original award, which was intended to fund programs to keep people from losing their homes to foreclosures. About $100 million was repurposed to fight blight in Michigan already.In his appeal, Conyers pointedly suggested the funds be used to help low-income residents facing shutoffs anywhere in Michigan, not just in Detroit. But it was clear who he is trying to help most."Last week, the Detroit City Council approved an 8.7% increase in the water rate, contributing to a total increase of 119% over the last decade," Conyers said. He blamed the water system's problems on a shrinking population, high unemployment, widespread blight, an aging infrastructure and short-staffing, adding that some estimate as many as two-thirds of the shutoffs will occur in homes with children.In his letter to Burwell asking her to expand access to medical and public health services to those disconnected, Conyers said his office is "hearing accounts of pregnant women, families with children still in diapers, the elderly and the infirm" who are having their water shut off."As roughly half the city is now eligible for shutoffs, we believe that immediate action is necessary to stem the consequences of this counterproductive and coldhearted policy," he said.
Conyers also wrote Sue McCormick, DWSD's director and CEO, asking her to "reevaluate" the policy and cease all shutoffs for vulnerable residents and those families with children -- as well as those with what he called "demonstrated inability to pay."He also took issue with DWSD's suggestion that the fact that 2,700 customers who were shut off in May either made payments or arrangements to pay within a short time indicated the program was working, noting that it also meant about 1,800 customers who were shut off were unable to pay."It is utterly unacceptable to put the most vulnerable members of our population through severe hardship, utilizing a method that clearly violates their basic human rights, as a collection practice," Conyers wrote.http://www.gopusa.com/news/2014/06/...s/?subscriber=1Democrats: Hard At Work Stealing Your Tax Dollars.  |
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| InvertedDude
rrVeteran Buckeye |
WoW It is worse than I thought. It is time to prepare for collapse of society sometime in the future. If people can't afford $125 water bill, then that means all the jobs have evaporated.I would like to see what graduate degrees have to say about this subject! |
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| Dennis (RIP)
rrApprentice Oregon |
It is worse than I thought. It is time to prepare for collapse of society sometime in the future. If people can't afford $125 water bill, then that means all the jobs have evaporated. |
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| GREYEAGLE
rrElite Veteran Flat Land's |
Take HEED what is buried in the central body of the article : Did you Miss It ??? WHo or WHOm is INVOLVED : Take NOTe then ----- the WHY ???Who are the Citizen Group's ????? and ARE THEY ?? Citizen's ??The Truth is starting to spill over - Look for It Nation WideWhile citizen groups have gone as far as to appeal to the United Nations to force water service to be restored, |
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| dilberteinstein
rrNovice texas - USA |
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| Dennis (RIP)
rrApprentice Oregon |
Detroit is basically telling the Feds to come up with the money or people are gonna die. |
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| 2low
rrVeteran elkview,WV |
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| baby uh1
rrVeteran St. James, Mo. |
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| HS748
rrApprentice Astana |
I am no doom and gloomer but you would be a fool to think that this is sustainable. I believe as a Christian it is all working out like God wants it, so I do not sweat it. |
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| 2low
rrVeteran elkview,WV |
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| HS748
rrApprentice Astana |
U are so full of yourself! I am not forcing what I believe on u. U can believe or not it's your choice. It proves my point as u would say, that u are a miserable full of hate person u are proving yourself to be. As I have said I feel sorry for u. |
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| HS748
rrApprentice Astana |
Keep it up! The money is running out as we speak. Enjoy it while u can retard. Yea, that is what we need Hilary and dumb Joe. She left people to die that she knew in Benghazi , what do you think she will do to us? Retard. |
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 fla heli boy
rrElite Veteran cape coral, florida |
We have some of that BS here as well. You pay a minimum flat rate per month (most families easily exceed that), whether you use ANY water or not. Snowbirds that live here 6 months a year, still pay the minimum monthly, even though there not even here. It's BS and out of hand. My monthly water bill used to be $15 per month, then one day....OILA!!! without using one more drop of water, my minimum bill was $55 per month. To build a new house here you of course pay a permitting fee. It runs right around $19,000. Out of that, $18k is "impact fees" for roads, parks and utilities.....all BS because that money just goes into the general funds. Local pols are just as adept at screwing you as the Feds.  |
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| InvertedDude
rrVeteran Buckeye |
fla heli boy You are absolutely right, my bill used to be $65.00 per month for water/garbage. Few years later it is $120.00, I use less water and garbage. If the trend keeps continuing, I will sell the house and move to a remote location. |
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 es1co2bar3
rrKey Veteran Atlanta GA, |
You are absolutely right, my bill used to be $65.00 per month for water/garbage. Few years later it is $120.00, I use less water and garbage. If the trend keeps continuing, I will sell the house and move to a remote location. if your so Anti American almost all your post you re calling for this country to fall into blasphemy. |
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| baby uh1
rrVeteran St. James, Mo. |
ou re calling
for this country to fall into blasphemy. |
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| Gearhead
rrMaster Vt |
Buzz Buzz Buzz |
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| Gearhead
rrMaster Vt |
Buzz Buzz Buzz |
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| Gearhead
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One Government World Take HEED what is buried in the central body of the article : Did you Miss It ???
WHo or WHOm is INVOLVED : Take NOTe then ----- the WHY ??? Who are the Citizen Group's ????? and ARE THEY ?? Citizen's ?? The Truth is starting to spill over - Look for It Nation WideWhile citizen groups have gone as far as to appeal to the United Nations to force water service to be restored, Who is Driving ???? What = Fed / State /or Local Law : Allows them to RUN to the United Nation's : For assistance ??? For Assistance with in the Border's of OUR COUNTRY ?? For THEM to Control or Mandate Citizen LAW Just like the intro of GUN COntrol Law : OF a Nation by the U.N. Looking for a crack to drive a wedge into Buzz Buzz Buzz |
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| Gearhead
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The "Free Sh#t" crowd sucks it up while corrupt politicians dole it out for the vote. Buzz Buzz Buzz |
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